Hilariously enough, Shadows Die Twice works as well considering Shadows are probably the most recognizable enemy in the series.
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Kingdom Hearts 3 Critical Mode: Soras Die Twice |OT| Domo Arigato, Mr. RIKUUUUU!!!
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Oh gotcha. Thought they were just playing it through it
There's no way that guy is doing it legit. His magic damage is insane. Totally using save wizard for max magic
I've died more times in Olympus Critical than my entire Proud Mode run. Godlike.
Getting sniped from offscreen by shit you can't even see is about as bad as it is in DDD though, ugh
Getting sniped from offscreen by shit you can't even see is about as bad as it is in DDD though, ugh
I got up to Toy Story before heading to bed. It feels similar to KH2FM with the exception being that my damage was on the low end. Could just be because it's early but I've played KH2FM recently on Critical and it does feel like you are more glass than glass cannon in KH3, at least for now. There is an ability I didn't recognize that I think is new and I forget the name but it was Block Something, maybe Block Converter. It lets you restore 3 MP for blocking, so it seems like they really want people to focus on guarding in Critical to counteract the smaller MP pool.
Delighted with how Critical is sounding. I still think they need to patch Proud to tune its lack of difficulty, though -- adding another mode on top of Proud doesn't fix it.
Looking forward to getting some new content to play through on Critical. In the meantime, I'd love to see what the "superboss" is like at Level 99. He didn't even do a third of total damage to my HP bar on Proud -- no Curaga required.
Looking forward to getting some new content to play through on Critical. In the meantime, I'd love to see what the "superboss" is like at Level 99. He didn't even do a third of total damage to my HP bar on Proud -- no Curaga required.
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So there's two proofs so far:
1. Proof Of Times Past (for beating Critical Mode)
2. Proof Of Promises (not sure about this one, but I think it's for beating either the secret boss, all battle gates or all lucky emblems, I've only gotten it on my 100% save, not my LVL 1 run clear file)
KH2 FM had 3 proofs.
1. Proof Of Times Past (for beating Critical Mode)
2. Proof Of Promises (not sure about this one, but I think it's for beating either the secret boss, all battle gates or all lucky emblems, I've only gotten it on my 100% save, not my LVL 1 run clear file)
KH2 FM had 3 proofs.
the text for the promises one talk about collecting luck so i would bet it's for getting all the luck emblems
People with 100% on proud said it's not anything with the flan or gummi phone. Might be 100%ing gummis .
I believe Nomura did mention that cooking was going to be a important feature to Critical runs.
I love how Nomura was trying so hard to convince us that it's not TWEWY world/Reapers game.
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I just played all the way up to Twilight Town.
Not sure how to feel about this difficulty so far. Aside from the fact that I've got more skills, the difficulty hasn't felt too different from my original playthrough (though I'll mention that my first playthrough was on Level 1 Proud). Like, yeah the trash mobs are a bit more aggressive in Olympus and can 2-hit kill you now, but the bosses don't feel too different from before (the only really different boss is Darkside. And he's not particularly difficult, you just gotta be patient now).
The only changes I've really felt are with magic and formchanges. Magic feels like it takes forever to regenerate (even with all the enemies dropping MP orbs constantly) while it also feels like you get less MP to play around with in general. Formchanges also feel like they take too many hits to unlock tbh, and this is even with the "disable attractions" skill equiped.
I don't really like these changes, but that's purely down to how I personally play (I mess around a lot with keyblade switching and find having to use base versions of keyblades to be really boring. I also only use magic if bosses are far away and I need to have like, Counter Shield ready in 5 seconds to block an attack etc. you can see how this'd effect my specific playstyle).
With all of this said, I do think I might be jumping the gun a bit. I haven't gotten to any of the notable bosses yet (the Titans really are chumps), I also haven't unlocked later spells (maybe it was the -a versions of Magic that made it easy for me to get Formchanges?) so I'll save any definitive opinions for when I've completed the game.
Not sure how to feel about this difficulty so far. Aside from the fact that I've got more skills, the difficulty hasn't felt too different from my original playthrough (though I'll mention that my first playthrough was on Level 1 Proud). Like, yeah the trash mobs are a bit more aggressive in Olympus and can 2-hit kill you now, but the bosses don't feel too different from before (the only really different boss is Darkside. And he's not particularly difficult, you just gotta be patient now).
The only changes I've really felt are with magic and formchanges. Magic feels like it takes forever to regenerate (even with all the enemies dropping MP orbs constantly) while it also feels like you get less MP to play around with in general. Formchanges also feel like they take too many hits to unlock tbh, and this is even with the "disable attractions" skill equiped.
I don't really like these changes, but that's purely down to how I personally play (I mess around a lot with keyblade switching and find having to use base versions of keyblades to be really boring. I also only use magic if bosses are far away and I need to have like, Counter Shield ready in 5 seconds to block an attack etc. you can see how this'd effect my specific playstyle).
With all of this said, I do think I might be jumping the gun a bit. I haven't gotten to any of the notable bosses yet (the Titans really are chumps), I also haven't unlocked later spells (maybe it was the -a versions of Magic that made it easy for me to get Formchanges?) so I'll save any definitive opinions for when I've completed the game.
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Have you tried the Berserker Charge meal bonus? That+Critical Charge seems to favour a playstyle of emptying your mana ASAP to fill up the gauge faster. Combine it with the Cure Converter accessories from Moogle shop too.
My issue is crowd controls and the mob fights, I hate losing tons of progress with the mobs. Every area that loads has a mob fight and it's not fun to me, they destroy you since you have no real decent crowd control. The only time I can fight them is when I build up situation commands which take a while to even build up. Before that, you run around in circles hoping to not be sniped randomly and lose all the battle progress you made.
I am waiting for DLC For KH3 before finishing critical I think.
I am waiting for DLC For KH3 before finishing critical I think.
I've never really fiddled around with food in KH3 (except for that Bird Boss in Pirates)
I might try that setup out... once I get some Munny again (I *just* spent all of it on potions lol)
That's the thing - it's subjective. I think too much of the difficulty is artificial personally. The flame cores will all attack you at once now instead of one at a time, when there's 10 of them it really sucks. The dusks have super armor causing you to do hardly any damage. There's hardly any real crowd control early game without abusing forms.
I got to Corona and stopped.
So far giving you the absurd amount of combat abilities make the intro segment of the game more fun to go through. Having access to Reprisals, perfect guard mechanics, a better air dash and flowmotion slide and so much more is game-changing for the early game. Kingdom Hearts 2's Critical Mode did something similar but not to this degree. Combat gets satisfying a lot faster and this is strengthened by New Game+ allowing you to carry over all your keyblades for maximum variety from the jump.
Challenge-wise you can get blown up pretty easily and all of the insta-kill moves are pretty obvious so I don't feel like anything is particularly cheap. So far it's really satisfying and like with KH2 it's quickly cementing itself as the only way I want to play this game.
So far giving you the absurd amount of combat abilities make the intro segment of the game more fun to go through. Having access to Reprisals, perfect guard mechanics, a better air dash and flowmotion slide and so much more is game-changing for the early game. Kingdom Hearts 2's Critical Mode did something similar but not to this degree. Combat gets satisfying a lot faster and this is strengthened by New Game+ allowing you to carry over all your keyblades for maximum variety from the jump.
Challenge-wise you can get blown up pretty easily and all of the insta-kill moves are pretty obvious so I don't feel like anything is particularly cheap. So far it's really satisfying and like with KH2 it's quickly cementing itself as the only way I want to play this game.
I dunno where you're up to, but if you have it, Hero's Origin's Counter Shield can trivialise most encounters (it lets you walk while guarding and the max version of the counter, Wrathful Barrage has pretty busted damage)
Water can help mitigate sniping a little bit. It creates a temporary shield around you and you can go from attacking an enemy to casting Water to block an attack / projectile to attacking again. It works better against some enemies (like the Fire Heartless in Olympus) but not all. You can also just dodge roll / air dodge while attacking (you can cancel attacks into dodges) though it's still not great
Aero and Blizzard also help with crowd control once you get them (Aero is just Magnet with Flowmotion capabilities; Blizzard will freeze enemies for a short time and you can freeze one annoying enemy and leave it frozen for a bit to focus on other enemies. I usually use that strategy against Fat Heartless)
I feel like such an asshole for thinking that dude was cheating. I had to try it for myself and couldn't believe it.
Up to Twilight town at this point. Liking it so far, haven't had much problems except a few screw ups during the Ice/lava titan fight. Critical converter is a godsend.
He said he personally feels like situation commands need to show up faster.
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Guy just beat critical in 5:30. The Final Xehanort battle situation commands were a bit of a problem for him because rage form doesn't easily go up.
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Guy just beat critical in 5:30. The Final Xehanort battle situation commands were a bit of a problem for him because rage form doesn't easily go up.
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Grim Guardianess doesn't fuck around. Decided to visit Corona first since I already have Aerial Recovery, but without Ralph, it's not a fight you can cheese from the start. Had to use everything, including Rage Form and Meow Wow, to beat her after 3 attempts.
Basically go to Toy Box first for Ralph, and remember to fight the Gigas with a Gigas.
Basically go to Toy Box first for Ralph, and remember to fight the Gigas with a Gigas.
Omg this critical mode is actually really good! Feels kinda like a souls game now you cant smash x to win lol. Had to use water magic against those fire guys in olympus.
Edit: the osaka team fuckin did it they did a kh2 like critical mode its amazing! Holy hell how did they fix this mess?! I am impressed!
Edit: the osaka team fuckin did it they did a kh2 like critical mode its amazing! Holy hell how did they fix this mess?! I am impressed!